World Premiere of The Last Christeros at TIFF
The Mexican feature film The Last Christeros (Los Ultimos Cristeros), by director Matías Meyer, will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which runs from September 8 to 18 at various theatres around the city.
Thanks to support from the Consulate General in Toronto, the director will come to Toronto to be present at the film's screenings.
The screening times are:
- September 11, 4:00 pm, AMC 1
- September 13, 8:30 pm, AMC 4
- September 15, 5:45 pm, AMC 3
At the end of the nineteen-thirties, a small band of men and their Christero colonel refuse to accept amnesty and instead continue their fight against religious persecution and their right to practice their faith. Matias Meyer's The Last Christeros, tells the valiant story of these soldiers of Christ, the last men standing against the Mexican army, with diminishing food and provisions, as they continue their journey against an arid and forbidding landscape.
Matias Mayer is a graduate of the Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City. He is one of the founders of the independent production company Axolote Cine, created in 2006. His mid-length film Wadley premiered in the Rotterdam International Film Festival in 2008. The Cramp, his second film premiered in the same festival in 2010.
More info: TIFF (http://tiff.net/filmsandschedules/tiff/2011/lastchristeros)
The last christeros Excerpt 1 (http://vimeo.com/27954639)